PRWeb.com Press Release Feed - PRWeb Press Release Account Feed http://www.rsspad.com/rss2a/90461.xml PRWeb.com Press Release Feed - Press Releases en xml@emediawire.com xml@emediawire.com 30 Wildwood, New Jersey: Birthplace of "The Twist" http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/06/prweb254688.htm Wildwood, New Jersey, was the epicenter of Rock and Roll innovation in the 1950s and early '60s. Bill Haley and His Comets made music history in 1954 with their live debut of "(We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock" at Wildwood's HofBrau Hotel. Then in July of 1960, 19-year-old Chubby Checker stepped onto the stage at the Rainbow Club and put his own carefree "spin" on "The Twist," a song written and recorded by Hank Ballard two years earlier. (PRWeb Jun 26, 2005)

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]]> Sun, 26 Jun 2005 07:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/06/prweb254688.htm Birthplace of Rock and Roll - Wildwood, New Jersey, Stakes Its Claim http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/04/prweb117635.htm Where did Bill Haley learn to rock? Where did he first perform his groundbreaking hit "Rock Around the Clock" for audiences a half-century ago? It was the southern New Jersey beach resort of Wildwood By-the-Sea. Wildwood will celebrate its little-known role in the birth of rock with a concert dedicated to Haley and the 50th anniversary of “Rock Around the Clock,” on Saturday, October 16, 2004, at the Wildwoods Convention Center. (PRWeb Apr 12, 2004)

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